Bill Barnes
Bill Barnes went 31–34–3 as a head coach, 1958–1964, at UCLA. Share
- Record
- 31–34–3 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1961 7–4, No. 16
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | UCLA 1st season, final 7 games | 2–4–1 | 6th | |||
| 1959 | UCLA | 5–4–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1960 | UCLA | 7–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1961 | UCLA | 7–4 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 16 | |
| 1962 | UCLA | 4–6 | 5th | |||
| 1963 | UCLA | 2–8 | 3rd | |||
| 1964 | UCLA | 4–6 | 4th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Kermit AlexanderNo. 5 AFL pick, 1963- James Earl JohnsonNo. 6 pick, 1961
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 3–7–1 | 32% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 21 | 12–8–1 | 60% |
| Conference games | 30 | 15–14–1 | 52% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 30 | 15–12–3 | 55% |
| At home | 38 | 18–18–2 | 50% |
| On the road | 28 | 12–15–1 | 45% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 35 | 21–13–1 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 33 | 10–21–2 | 33% |
His own 68 games on file, 1958–1964, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Owens 1958–1964 | 2–5 | Washington | 7 | |
| John Michelosen 1959–1964 | 3–3 | Pittsburgh | 6 | |
| Ben Martin 1959–1964 | 2–4 | Air Force | 6 | |
| Jack Curtice 1958–1962 | 3–2 | Stanford | 5 | |
| John McKay 1960–1964 | 1–4 | USC | 5 | |
| Marv Levy 1960–1963 | 3–1 | California | 4 | |
| Pete Elliott 1958–1964 | 1–3 | California, Illinois | 4 | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder 1959–1964 | 0–4 | Syracuse | 4 | |
| Ray Nagel 1959–1962 | 3–0 | Utah | 3 |
Bill Barnes’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Stanfordseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Californiaseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| USCseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Washingtonseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Pittsburghseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Air Forceseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Syracuseseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Tennessee | Assistant coach | |
| 1946–49 | Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1950–58 | UCLA | Assistant coach | |
| 1958–64 | UCLA | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John BarnhillTennessee, Arkansas
- Red SandersUCLA
- George DickersonUCLA
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Barnhill | Tennessee | 1941 | Assistant coach | |
| John Barnhill | Arkansas | 1946–49 | Assistant coach | |
| Red Sanders | UCLA | 1950–57 | Assistant coach | |
| George Dickerson | UCLA | 1958 | Assistant coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.